History: Cities, Migration and Global Interdependence

Universiteit Leiden

Deze opleiding

In the MA Cities, Migration and Global Interdependence at Leiden University you will study processes of migration, urbanisation, economic development and the increase in global interaction.

You will be part of a Master's programme in which you will focus on processes that are subjects of heated current societal and political debates. You will study them from a comparative and historical perspective (covering the period 1350 until 2000) and place them in the wider frameworks of the development of trade networks, the emergence of multinationals, economic growth and stagnation, and world unification.

Leiden University has a long tradition of studying migration and ethnicity and you will benefit from the expertise of a large team of enthusiastic and very diverse teachers. You will learn to understand and contribute to current debates about migration, urbanisation, globalisation, economic growth and inequality from a historical and comparative perspective. You will also analyse urban and state institutions and their effects on inclusion and exclusion, urban crime and criminal behaviour, and the development of freedoms and un-freedoms (including slavery).

Leiden University's History department was recently ranked 19th in the QS worldwide ranking.

Studieprogramma

For an overview of the subjects offered by this programme in the current year, check out the e-Prospectus: https://studiegids.leidenuniv.nl/studies/show/4669/History-Cities-Migration-and-Global-Interdependence-including-Economic-History-Governance-of-Migration-and-Diversity. The subjects can vary from year to year.

Apart from the general programme, Cities, Migration and Global Interdependence, this specialisation offers two subspecialisations: Economic History and Governance of Migration and Diversity.

Both the general programme and Economic History consist of the following elements:

Governance of Migration and DiversityThe master sub-specialisation Governance of Migration and Diversity is a cooperation between Leiden University, Delft University of Technology and Erasmus University Rotterdam. For more information have a look at our website.

The programme aims to frame the historical study of migration in a wider interdisciplinary context. To achieve this, you attend courses at all participating universities, and you will be trained to contribute to the governance of migration and diversity in the context of very different organisations.

You will address questions such as:

what are the opportunities and challenges for the management of migration?

how have societies changed in terms of (ethnic/cultural/religious) diversity?

how are newcomers incorporated?

how can discrimination be prevented?

For a detailed overview of the curriculum, please visit: https://studiegids.leidenuniv.nl/studies/show/4669/History-Cities-Migration-and-Global-Interdependence-including-Economic-History-Governance-of-Migration-and-Diversity

periode

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Portals of Globalization: Exchanging Money, Goods and Ideas in Early Modern Port Cities (1500-1800)

Onderwijs

To broaden and deepen the students' knowledge, understanding and skills, and train them in the use of scientific methods in the field of history;

To enable students to develop the following skills:

The ability to solve academic problems independently, critically and creatively;The ability to analyse complex problems;The ability to clearly report academic results;3. To prepare students for an academic career or non-academic career.

honours-/excellence program Leiden Leadership Programme

The Leiden Leadership Programme (LLP) is an honours programme of 15 ECs on top of the regular master's curriculum. The programme consists of training courses, seminars and a practical assignment.

Are you looking for an extra challenge in addition to your Leiden master's programme? Are you adventurous enough to look beyond the borders of your own master's programme? The Leiden Leadership Programme may be just what you are looking for.

The programme gives you the opportunity to develop your leadership skills. You will follow seminars and courses, as well as carrying out a practical assignment for a company or organisation as part of a small, multidisciplinary team. Your lecturers will be leading academics and experienced professionals from the business sector.

Toelating en studiekosten

startmomenten

1 februari 2018

aanmelding deadline : 1 december 2017collegegeld nog niet bekend

1 september 2018

aanmelding deadline : 15 juni 2018collegegeld nog niet bekend

toelatingseisen

basiskennisKnowledge, understanding and skills comparable to those acquired upon graduating from the Bachelor's programme in History from Leiden University.

vooropleidingA bachelor's degree from a university, equivalent to the level of a Dutch academic bachelor's degree.

Studenten en studentenleven

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studievereniging

HSVL

he HSVL is the historical student association of Leiden University. We organize a book sale for the bachelor and some second hand books, a variety of activities and trips within Europe. Most of the activities are linked to historical subjects, but we also organize parties and monthly drinks for some non-historical entertainment.

Op kamers in Leiden

31058

studenten studerend

12630

studenten woonachtig

€ 350

gemiddelde kamerprijs

kamer betaalbaarheid

20 m2

gemiddelde kameroppervlak

kamer beschikbaarheid

bron: Nationale Studenten Enquête

aan het woord: studenten en docenten

Erik Mul

It doesn't matter where you are in the world, migration is a big public and political debate. I chose the master's programme in Cities, Migration, and Global Interdependence to gain a deeper understanding of this highly debated phenomenon.

Historical perspectivesThe master's programme in Cities, Migration, and Global Interdependence offers you courses where you can study different types of migration through a historical perspective. This historical perspective gives you a long term understanding of migration and current debates...

Prof. Marlou Schrover

Testimonial Prof. Marlou Schrover

“We can only truly study migration by comparing today's immigration to immigration in the past.”

“Leiden University has a long tradition of studying migration and ethnicity. This tradition can be traced all the way back to such sources as nineteenth-century Leiden Arabist and ethnographer C. Snouck Hurgronje. What I find so interesting about Leiden is that on the one hand this tradition is continuously being further expanded on, while on the other hand, migration research is being carried out within many different disciplines (history, for example, as well as broadly outside this field)...

What I try to do is promote the collaboration as well as benefit from it.

Migration is the most important subject in current debates. If we consider migration and integration from a historical, long-term perspective, we see patterns emerging. The fear of newcomers was the same in the past, and what's more, the fate of Dutch immigrants abroad hardly differed from that of modern-day immigrants in the Netherlands. The world in the Netherlands can only be understood by also looking at the Netherlands in the world.

We can only really study migration and integration if we place the similarities and differences side by side: today's immigration has to be compared with immigration in the past, and immigration has to be compared with emigration. Migration and integration have to be placed in the wider frameworks of the development of trade networks, the emergence of multinationals, economic growth and stagnation, and world unification. Ethnicity needs to be studied in combination with gender and class, as parallel mechanisms of inclusion and exclusion, and the formation of identity. Leiden University is in my opinion the ideal place for this approach.”

Na de studie

Beroepsperspectief / arbeidsmarkt

The Master in Cities, Migration and Global Interdependence at Leiden University prepares students not only for work in the academic world and in teaching. Our graduates also work for local, national and international government and non-government organisations. They work as politicians, and journalists and for trade unions, publishers and museums. Recent graduates are working with companies such as Achmea, Sdu Uitgevers, VPRO/NOS, the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Leiden University.

Our graduates end up working in a diverse range of positions, examples include:

Business development manager at a logistics company

History teacher at a secondary school

Business development manager at a mail, parcel and e-commerce corporation